>>26545374I'm not sure. I couldn't really explain why I like most of the pokemon I like. Designs either click or they don't.
I guess it could be that, with Popplio, we're all expecting a big dopey sea lion with a moustache, garish clown make-up, pom-poms all over it, juggling stuff and being a big, doughy, dumb looking thing cause "lol clown".
Then Ballio is revealed and its
>sporty>simple colour scheme, not many patterns or "bits">stronk arms>merMAN, pa!>confident looking>not an obvious pastiche of either clowns or strongmenSo when we all expected "well Popplio is gonna be the silly starter choice", we get goofy-swimming instructor-husbando who's probably great with kids.
